Mistral Large 4 1T A52B vs GLM 5.3

GLM 5.3 leads llmrun Score 130.1 to 118.0; neither fits 24 GB.

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Model A · Mistral AI

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

118.0llmrun Score

1000B · 52B active · 1M context · Other · Sep 2026

VisionFunctions

Model B · Z.ai

GLM 5.3

130.1llmrun Score

753.3B · 41.8B active · 1M context · Other · Aug 2026

ChatFunctions

Which should you choose?

Choose Mistral Large 4 1T A52B if you want…

Also does vision
GLM 5.3 doesn't list it

Choose GLM 5.3 if you want…

Higher llmrun Score
130.1 vs 118.0
Stronger at coding
129.8 vs 112.3
Stronger at agents
133.5 vs 116.6
Ahead on the benchmarks
18 of 21 shared boards
Lighter on memory
456.2 vs 603.9 GB at Q4_K_M
Also does chat
Mistral Large 4 1T A52B doesn't list it

On your hardware

Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.

MemoryMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.3

8 GB

RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

12 GB

RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

16 GB

RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

24 GBreference

RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

32 GB

RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

48 GB

RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

Mac 32 GB

Mac Mini M4 · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

Mac 64 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

Mac 128 GB

Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 304.3 GB

GLM 5.3

Doesn't fit

smallest quant needs 256 GB

Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).

llmrun Score

with its 90% range · bars share one scale

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B GLM 5.3

Overall

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

118.0115–121

GLM 5.3

130.1128–132

Coding

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

112.3108–117

GLM 5.3

129.8124–136

Agents

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

116.6109–125

GLM 5.3

133.5130–137

Math

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

121.7118–125

GLM 5.3

128.5126–131

Science

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

120.4109–132

GLM 5.3

130.6118–143

Reasoning

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

120.3114–127

GLM 5.3

130.1124–136

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B · #18 of 104 open models · #16 of 101 that fit ≤640 GB

GLM 5.3 · #5 of 104 open models · #4 of 101 that fit ≤512 GB

Benchmarks

21 shared boards: Mistral Large 4 1T A52B leads 3, GLM 5.3 leads 18 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026

BoardMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.3

GPQA Diamond

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

88.1%#16/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

90.9%#8/100 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

LiveBench Coding

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

77.2#8/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

GLM 5.3

79.0#4/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

LiveBench Reasoning

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

83.9#9/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

GLM 5.3

85.8#7/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

AIME 2024/2025

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

98.3%#4/88 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

91.1%#15/88 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

FrontierMath

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

58.6%#8/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

68.8%#4/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

LiveBench Math

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

93.6#2/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

GLM 5.3

87.9#9/20 open

IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026

SciCode

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

54.2%#7/70 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

59.0%#3/70 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

SimpleQA

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

20.0%#17/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

41.0%#7/19 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

FrontierMath Tier 4

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

26.8%#8/15 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

29.3%#5/15 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

FrontierCode

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

39.4%#4/13 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

40.1%#3/13 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

25 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)

ALE-Bench

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

1213.2#8/46 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

1317.4#5/46 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

APEX-Agents

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

51.6%#5/20 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

56.6%#2/20 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

Chess Puzzles

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

33.0%#6/16 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

37.0%#5/16 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

CritPt

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

10.6%#14/82 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

19.1%#6/82 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

DTBench

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

88.2%#9/69 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

87.7%#12/69 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

LiveBench 2026 Coding

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

60.0#14/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

82.8#6/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LiveBench 2026 Long-Horizon

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

11.8#17/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

35.9#7/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LiveBench 2026 Reasoning

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

83.9#6/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

85.8#4/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LMCA

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

35.8%#15/55 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

55.5%#1/55 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

Mystery Game Puzzles

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

17.0%#13/20 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

33.0%#5/20 open

IndependentEpoch AI · Aug 2026

ProofBench

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

10.0%#20/29 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

49.0%#8/29 open

Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Aug 2026

LiveBench 2026 Browser

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

8.0#13/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

0.0#19/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LiveBench 2026 Data Analysis

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

76.5#6/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

70.2#12/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LiveBench 2026 Design

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

65.6#13/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

77.3#4/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

LiveBench 2026 Research

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

28.1#19/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

GLM 5.3

73.2#7/19 open

IndependentLiveBench · Oct 2026

Only Mistral Large 4 1T A52B (3)

Only GLM 5.3 (7)

VRAM by quantization

Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.

QuantMistral Large 4 1T A52BGLM 5.3

Q2_K

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

429 GB380.7 GB file

32K 483 GB · 128K 657 GB

GLM 5.3

324 GB~320.2 GB file

32K 323 GB · 128K 332 GB

Q3_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

491 GB~487.5 GB file

32K 546 GB · 128K 720 GB

GLM 5.3

371 GB~367.3 GB file

32K 370 GB · 128K 379 GB

Q4_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

604 GB634.8 GB file

32K 658 GB · 128K 832 GB

GLM 5.3

456 GB~452.0 GB file

32K 455 GB · 128K 464 GB

Q5_K_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

716 GB~712.5 GB file

32K 771 GB · 128K 945 GB

GLM 5.3

541 GB~536.8 GB file

32K 540 GB · 128K 549 GB

Q6_K

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

829 GB~825.0 GB file

32K 883 GB · 128K 1057 GB

GLM 5.3

626 GB~621.5 GB file

32K 625 GB · 128K 634 GB

Q8_0

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

1004 GB~1000.0 GB file

32K 1058 GB · 128K 1232 GB

GLM 5.3

758 GB801.4 GB file

32K 757 GB · 128K 765 GB

5 more quants

IQ2_XXS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

279 GB302.5 GB file

32K 333 GB · 128K 507 GB

GLM 5.3

not listed

IQ2_M

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.3

258 GB238.6 GB file

32K 257 GB · 128K 266 GB

IQ3_XXS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

391 GB423.5 GB file

32K 446 GB · 128K 620 GB

GLM 5.3

296 GB281.7 GB file

32K 295 GB · 128K 304 GB

IQ4_XS

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

not listed

GLM 5.3

409 GB365.3 GB file

32K 408 GB · 128K 417 GB

BF16

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

2004 GB~2000.0 GB file

32K 2058 GB · 128K 2232 GB

GLM 5.3

1511 GB1508.0 GB file

32K 1510 GB · 128K 1519 GB

How to run each

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/ggml-org/Mistral-Large-4-1T-A52B-GGUF:Q4_K_M

All ways to run Mistral Large 4 1T A52B →

GLM 5.3

Ollama · Q4_K_M

$ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-5.3-GGUF

All ways to run GLM 5.3 →

Specifications

Specifications of Mistral Large 4 1T A52B and GLM 5.3
Spec	Mistral Large 4 1T A52B	GLM 5.3
Publisher	Mistral AI	Z.ai
Parameters	1000B	753.3B
Active parameters	52B per token	42B per token
Architecture	MistralLarge4ForConditionalGeneration	GlmMoeDsaForCausalLM
Context	1M tokens	1M tokens
Modalities	Vision, Function-calling	Chat, Function-calling
License	Other	Other
Released	Sep 2026	Aug 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.3?

GLM 5.3 leads llmrun Score 130.1 to 118.0; neither fits 24 GB. Choose Mistral Large 4 1T A52B for also does vision; choose GLM 5.3 for higher llmrun Score and stronger at coding.

Which needs less VRAM, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.3?

At Q4_K_M, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B requires 603.9 GB while GLM 5.3 needs 456.2 GB, making GLM 5.3 the easier model to run on your local setup.

Can I run Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.3 on a 16 GB GPU?

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B does not fit (smallest quant needs 304.3 GB); GLM 5.3 does not fit (smallest quant needs 256 GB).

Which has a longer context window, Mistral Large 4 1T A52B or GLM 5.3?

Mistral Large 4 1T A52B supports 1,048,576 tokens and GLM 5.3 supports 1,048,576 tokens.